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foreign policy is instinct, it's character. that's what foreign policy is. you make the point the interventionists find interventionists to cultivate and recruit. >> you care about foreign policy, you wake up in the morning, you're more serious than anybody in this room about foreign policy, why to you keep looking? not just chris christie with henry kissinger, it's sarah palin and the -- >> george w. bush. >> after he had become president. before that, it was john mccain. he was more experienced in foreign policy. they supplied an entire kind of ideological of working teddy roosevelt methos to go along with his family pattern in the past. it is a strange tick. why are they doing this? one reason is simply that they're trying to win elections and have their policy preferences enacted in washington. they're playing politics. >> that's what everyone does. >> they're doing it better than libertarian noninterventionists are playing politics, certainly. but there's also something kind of creepy, i think, about wanting to fill the empty brains of charismatic polit
foreign policy is instinct, it's character. that's what foreign policy is. you make the point the interventionists find interventionists to cultivate and recruit. >> you care about foreign policy, you wake up in the morning, you're more serious than anybody in this room about foreign policy, why to you keep looking? not just chris christie with henry kissinger, it's sarah palin and the -- >> george w. bush. >> after he had become president. before that, it was john mccain. he...
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foreign policy toward that theological aim and when the people who make foreign policy in this country are consulting you about what the united states ought to do abroad, then, yes, yes, yes, that is news. the bush administration was really amazing. i cannot wait until the national archives takes over the library in texas and we get a diorama about that part of policy. where it wasn't almost an accident we were bringing about the end of the world. that was the strategy. we were trying to. but these end of the world bring about the rapture guys were not just here for george w. bush, they are still around and end up making news every few years because they want to be politically influential. they are trying to use the united states as an instrument of their biblical use and to be clear, this is not just the religious right proudly speaking, trying to impose religious doctrine on the country as a matter of policy, trying to get antiabortion stuff and antigay stuff forced into policy. this is different. these are not people trying to change the united states because they want the united st
foreign policy toward that theological aim and when the people who make foreign policy in this country are consulting you about what the united states ought to do abroad, then, yes, yes, yes, that is news. the bush administration was really amazing. i cannot wait until the national archives takes over the library in texas and we get a diorama about that part of policy. where it wasn't almost an accident we were bringing about the end of the world. that was the strategy. we were trying to. but...
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joining us more to talk about the president's foreign policy, paul begala along with commentator ben stein. guy, thanks very much for coming in. you have a problem with the president shaking hands with raul castro? >> not at all, wolf. i keep thinking of president nixon, the world's greatest peacemaker shaking hands with may tse-tung zhou enlai even while threw in the process of murdering their citizens. if it's for peace, it's a great idea. if it it's peace for rirn, it's a great idea. it has to be peace through strength. as long as we can maintain our military superiority in the world, i'm all for reaching out for peace. >> here's what you wrote, paul. you said the president did the right thing. you said i'm not naive enough to believe ever believe castro will emulate mandela but i do believe in the transformative of sending out a ripple of hope from the right side of history. so explain. is put you believe the president on the right side of history. >> i think so. first off, america's been on the right side of history. we've had a con tensious relationship with cuba. castro regime
joining us more to talk about the president's foreign policy, paul begala along with commentator ben stein. guy, thanks very much for coming in. you have a problem with the president shaking hands with raul castro? >> not at all, wolf. i keep thinking of president nixon, the world's greatest peacemaker shaking hands with may tse-tung zhou enlai even while threw in the process of murdering their citizens. if it's for peace, it's a great idea. if it it's peace for rirn, it's a great idea....
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. >> dick cheney was a trained foreign policy expert. so was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is abandoning of our alliances and willing to be preemptive without any real evidence of weapons of mass destruction. >> in the house of representatives the war resolution passed with 296 votes. 133 house members voted against it, including a congresswoman from san francisco who was working her way up the leadership ladder. >> let's do what is proportionate, appropriate, which mitigates risk for our young people, another cost in addition to human lives, cost to terrorism and cost to the economy a
. >> dick cheney was a trained foreign policy expert. so was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on...
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. >>> the next foreign policy debate involves the state department, iran, and a monkey. iran says that launch this primate into space last week. the pictures released from before and after the mission beg to differ. washington expresses doubt about any space journey but iranian president said he would like to give it a go. senator john mccain then ran into trouble when he tweeted, "so ahmadinejad wants to be the first iranian in space. wasn't he just there last week"? many in the twitter world called the comment racist. he september out another comment saying his comments were just a joke and told people to "lighten up." >>> now here is your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. the conservative republican governor of ohio john kasich has a course on president obama's health care plan. he now says that he is going to expand medicaid dramatically using money from the federal government. >>> new jersey senator robert menendez is denying allegations he flown to the dominican republic to solicit prostitutes. he calls the charges smears from right-wing blog
. >>> the next foreign policy debate involves the state department, iran, and a monkey. iran says that launch this primate into space last week. the pictures released from before and after the mission beg to differ. washington expresses doubt about any space journey but iranian president said he would like to give it a go. senator john mccain then ran into trouble when he tweeted, "so ahmadinejad wants to be the first iranian in space. wasn't he just there last week"? many in...
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in terms of foreign policy and national security. whether it's cyberthreats or drones. when you have these kind of covert attacks, i think it's even more important to increase accountability measures and get some legislation codified. look, stutsman is a perfect example. i love the fact that we may or may not have, but probably did, crash iran's nuclear program computer. i like that. i like drone technology, for the most part, for going after terrorist threats in al qaeda. but it's really hard when other people get the same kind of technology that we have. it's really hard for us to wag a finger and say, can't do something like that. when we're kind of doing a lot of the same things without much accountability. >> well, i'm not sure it's sort of like writing down our program is going to change what other people use their sort of cybertechnology. and there's a lot of countries, russia, singapore, north korea, using the same cyber. >> exactly. >> china engages in massive amounts of cyber espionage. we know in that the way is government is structured, the national governme
in terms of foreign policy and national security. whether it's cyberthreats or drones. when you have these kind of covert attacks, i think it's even more important to increase accountability measures and get some legislation codified. look, stutsman is a perfect example. i love the fact that we may or may not have, but probably did, crash iran's nuclear program computer. i like that. i like drone technology, for the most part, for going after terrorist threats in al qaeda. but it's really hard...
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-- well, the school at johns hopkins foreign policy. and author of the dispensable nation. thank you for being with us. >>> what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. campbell's. do you guys ride? well... no. sometimes, yeah. yes. well, if you know anybody else who also rides, send them here -- we got great coverage. it's not like bikers love their bikes more than life itself. i doubt anyone will even notice. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. aarrggh! would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. >>> which political stories will make headlines in the next 24 hours.
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foreign policy that you do we didn't know. well that's what i should return see things what you think about these so-called kissinger falls r.t. dot com is the place where you can tell us let's bring our graph and see what you say in this thanks for voting if you have so far well as you can see there sixty three percent down just a tad from last i think it's going to expose more u.s. duty linin as you put it. twenty three percent say it's proof that everyone has got dark secrets nine percent out of proportion attention grabbing again you say just five percent think it's an attempt to deceive the public fakes you can read it for yourself thank you for taking party dot com still a chance to have your say or write also on air as well online for some unwelcome predictions for air travel as scientists say passengers should brace themselves for a sharp increase in flight but it's why i will tell you online and on. online social networking could get tax evaders in trouble now the u.s. internal revenue service is taking a look it's pr
foreign policy that you do we didn't know. well that's what i should return see things what you think about these so-called kissinger falls r.t. dot com is the place where you can tell us let's bring our graph and see what you say in this thanks for voting if you have so far well as you can see there sixty three percent down just a tad from last i think it's going to expose more u.s. duty linin as you put it. twenty three percent say it's proof that everyone has got dark secrets nine percent...
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look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. look at any polling numbers. they want them to end. i think that works obviously towards hagel's favor. >> john warner saved us from ollie north. maybe he can help hagel get in there. "weekly standard" editor bill kristol has been leading the charge against hagel. why is he doing this and why do people listen to his views on foreign policy? considering how wrong he was on iraq. good question. i think we know the answer. he's a charmer, he's brilliant, a great networker. anyway, let's watch him. >> whatever else you can say about this war, let me make one point, george bush is not fighting this like vietnam. we don't need to -- >> saddam may be.
look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. look at any polling numbers. they want them to end. i think that works obviously...
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, very short on foreign policy. a declaration that a decade of war is coming to an end and this. listen. we will support democracy from asia to africa to the americas to the middle east because our interest and compel to us act on behalf of those who long for freedom. >> just a couple of sentences on foreign policy. there are many potential challenges ahead for president obama. the ongoing civil war in syria, the ongoing nuclear ambitions of both iran and north korea. and, of course, the rise in islamic extremism. the algeria hostage crisis just the latest example of that. and those militants have vowed more attacks on the french and anybody else who supports their military campaign in neighboring mali. and, of course, the u.s. is supporting that campaign. so, remains in the eyes of these militants an ongoing target, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt in new york tonight. jon, thanks. as the clouds flock to d.c. today for the inaugural event, folks lined up extra early along traditional parade route to the white house.
, very short on foreign policy. a declaration that a decade of war is coming to an end and this. listen. we will support democracy from asia to africa to the americas to the middle east because our interest and compel to us act on behalf of those who long for freedom. >> just a couple of sentences on foreign policy. there are many potential challenges ahead for president obama. the ongoing civil war in syria, the ongoing nuclear ambitions of both iran and north korea. and, of course, the...
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foreign policy. they had the decisions one was how to deal with the bay of pigs invasion and 51. second was how to deal with the missile crisis in 1962. the difference between night and day that went very badly. the support never materialized and was a terrible ambassador for the country and around the world but kennedy took responsibility for it. the historians that studied kennedy and in mine own research i found this to be true he concluded after the first crisis that he was in a bubble in the white house because he was listening to much to the so-called experts in the military and the intelligence community. and he realized that these people had their own little bubble that they were in and at that time they were basically hawks like you may remember some of them. but then he realized that they couldn't pay attention to them as much as they had so he brought in the inner circle at the cuban missile crisis he found his own judgment in he was skeptical and felt they led them astray before and the c
foreign policy. they had the decisions one was how to deal with the bay of pigs invasion and 51. second was how to deal with the missile crisis in 1962. the difference between night and day that went very badly. the support never materialized and was a terrible ambassador for the country and around the world but kennedy took responsibility for it. the historians that studied kennedy and in mine own research i found this to be true he concluded after the first crisis that he was in a bubble in...
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from the american perspective, it's about foreign policy, it's about reaching out to adversaries. >> reporter: in havana, they told cnn that they welcome the news. >> translator: the countries get along. it's our governmentings that don't. hopefully that can be fixed. >> reporter: the flirtation with cuba fits in with a broader outreach, netting surprising results. mr. obama's historic phone call with hassan rouhani was soon followed by a landmark nuclear deal with iran. secretary kerry's offhand comment -- >> he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community. >> reporter: helped spark an unlikely agreement. >> the president didn't believe that reliance on the military force is necessarily the most productive way of trying to deal with these problems. i believe that he is right, because we live now in an age in which the use of force is not quite as decisive as it used to be. >> reporter: historically it's cuban-americans most ardently opposed to improving relations with cuba, but in 2012. obama won cuban-americans 49-7, a record high for a de
from the american perspective, it's about foreign policy, it's about reaching out to adversaries. >> reporter: in havana, they told cnn that they welcome the news. >> translator: the countries get along. it's our governmentings that don't. hopefully that can be fixed. >> reporter: the flirtation with cuba fits in with a broader outreach, netting surprising results. mr. obama's historic phone call with hassan rouhani was soon followed by a landmark nuclear deal with iran....
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it's wrong for america to lead its foreign policy with its military. that, clearly, we should learn a lesson and not do that again. then there are also, if you look at every other freedom. -- every other democratization around the world, america has had a very big role in it. not with its military, but with its engagement, and economic assistance, and getting the rest of the world together in order to help at a critical moment. >> jon: in libya, i guess we got together with nato and bombed around the area. i don't-- ( laughter ) i'm not exactly sure what we did, but we certainly bombed in kind of a, i guess you call it a serpentine kind of pattern. >> that's right. >> jon: that was good but flonow there's a big problem wih what we feel are radicals taking over that area. if you interfere, doesn't that create resent independent that area? >> that's because we only interfere all the time militarily. in thaty sentence sense we haven't changed at all. >> jon: don't we give them economic aid? >> that's mostly for the military. if you compare what we did for
it's wrong for america to lead its foreign policy with its military. that, clearly, we should learn a lesson and not do that again. then there are also, if you look at every other freedom. -- every other democratization around the world, america has had a very big role in it. not with its military, but with its engagement, and economic assistance, and getting the rest of the world together in order to help at a critical moment. >> jon: in libya, i guess we got together with nato and...
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well it's been a real ride for those of us in the foreign policy business first to have this terrible red line crossing by bashar assad for him to actually use chemical weapons against his own people and then for the military action to be revving up and two things happened that i haven't seen in a long time first the british parliament decided here in london not to participate in a military action that the united states is going to lead and that's something i haven't seen it probably hasn't happened since vietnam and then as a partly as a result of that you saw the decision by president obama to ask congress to to vote and we don't know it's going to happen anything can happen as you know larry the situation between the president and the congress is about as bad as it can be and we'll just have to hope that in this case congressional leadership and the members take their responsibilities more seriously than they have when it came to things like debt ceilings and others dicks where irresponsibility was the rule of the day had the parliament gone along with the prime minister the think
well it's been a real ride for those of us in the foreign policy business first to have this terrible red line crossing by bashar assad for him to actually use chemical weapons against his own people and then for the military action to be revving up and two things happened that i haven't seen in a long time first the british parliament decided here in london not to participate in a military action that the united states is going to lead and that's something i haven't seen it probably hasn't...
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foreign policy will be very illustrative of the way that u.s. foreign policy may be functioning today so on the outside we've got a lot of talk about human rights and democracy but behind closed doors and in these private cables it looks to be like a much more complicated and often darker situation will avoid london for critics accuse wiki leaks now of going soft for the kissinger cable saying that the dated records are much of a leak but is london based our contributor should return as he explains next the publication could have a major impact. these are incredibly relevant cables they weren't able to be searched and the mainstream media doesn't like what wiki leaks is doing which is dedicated as far as. anyone interested in journalism i think would say is the powerless against the powerful one doesn't have to doubt why the united states doesn't want these cables searchable because they detail very clearly a horrific time in us foreign policy these are stories that reverberate even today and if we do what we have to do is look at egypt for inst
foreign policy will be very illustrative of the way that u.s. foreign policy may be functioning today so on the outside we've got a lot of talk about human rights and democracy but behind closed doors and in these private cables it looks to be like a much more complicated and often darker situation will avoid london for critics accuse wiki leaks now of going soft for the kissinger cable saying that the dated records are much of a leak but is london based our contributor should return as he...
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foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the let united states there's less than a national order so the united states has a responsibility and has a role to play internationally well a lot of people would say if i go to romney is that the united states makes the world unstable in its unilateral actions around the world just the opposite. well we're only about two weeks ago from the american attempt to set off a third world war fortunately there was a bit of backbone coming from russia could i go into the mystic situation is going to say go ahead that the the two unemployment is twenty three percent that's john williams shadows that's and it's double that for young people there's fifteen million people on
foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the let united states there's less than a national order so the united...
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policy. well, that whole incident followed up the blowup around the friends of hamas thing. the friends of hamas thing i can do far less justice that than comedy central can. behold stephen colbert. >> according to conservative news anger gator breitbart.com, hagel may have taken money from an organization called friends of hamas. friends of hamas is even worse than it sounds because this organization is so sinister that it doesn't even exist. it turns out hagel's link with friends of hamas goes back to daily news reporter dan friedman who asked a republican senate aide looking for dirt in hagel's past if hagel had given a speech to the junior league of hezbollah or the friends of hamas, assuming that no one could take seriously the idea that organizations with those names existed. why wouldn't you take it seriously? i mean, if there is no junior league of hezbollah, who puts out the cookbook of bomb recipes? besides, the fact that these organizations don't exist only makes it more suspicious
policy. well, that whole incident followed up the blowup around the friends of hamas thing. the friends of hamas thing i can do far less justice that than comedy central can. behold stephen colbert. >> according to conservative news anger gator breitbart.com, hagel may have taken money from an organization called friends of hamas. friends of hamas is even worse than it sounds because this organization is so sinister that it doesn't even exist. it turns out hagel's link with friends of...
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doug is on to something if we look at this stuff on foreign policy the "wall street journal" headline this week showing picture of the ambassador and the crowds holding up attacking obama if supporting terrorists, you can see what is happening in syria and this backfiring on the business with shall be, no respects him or takes him seriously but the republicans, their only voice on foreign policy is john mccain and senator graham running around with their pro muslim brotherhood. >> gregg: on foreign policy benghazi could be a symbol, a vast majority of people thought he dropped the ball on that and was asleep at the switch the night americans desperately needed to be saves. >> people know we are not being told the truth. we talked last week about 36 c.i.a. personnel who were secretly evacuated that night and have been pressured by the administration not to talk to the congress. >> gregg: our voters say he is coughing it up. >> i know of one of the c.i.a. people who has refused to be polygraphed and cooperate and wants to talk to congress called a congressman this past week and so far t
doug is on to something if we look at this stuff on foreign policy the "wall street journal" headline this week showing picture of the ambassador and the crowds holding up attacking obama if supporting terrorists, you can see what is happening in syria and this backfiring on the business with shall be, no respects him or takes him seriously but the republicans, their only voice on foreign policy is john mccain and senator graham running around with their pro muslim brotherhood....
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foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united states has a responsibility and has a role to play internationally well a lot of people would say we've got a rodney is that the united states makes the world unstable in its unilateral actions around the world just the opposite. well we're only about two weeks ago from the american attempt to set off a third world war fortunately there was a bit of backbone coming from russia could i go into the mystic situation is going to say go ahead that that the two unemployment is twenty three percent that's john williams shadows that's and it's double that for young people there's fifty million people on
foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united...
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he had also seen from the articles of confederation failed to provide a unified foreign policy. putting aspirations for unity and sovereignty at risk. as benjamin franklin said, we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately. in the federalist papers, teams madison argued that america that united with a handful of troops or without a single soldier exhibits a more forbidding ambition. president washington stressed the importance of national unity in his farewell address and warned us against interested groups and internal rivalries. to be sure, we have had plenty of moments of partisan combat in our past, including some that make our current squabbles sound downright delight. even had to fight a civil war to prevent the union from splitting apart. even in our darkest periods, we have been blessed with leaders who would our nation first above partisan advantage. president lincoln, every public and, takes a southern democrat to be his running mate. he also asked his rival to be his secretary of state. imagine that. [laughter] and there is another gr
he had also seen from the articles of confederation failed to provide a unified foreign policy. putting aspirations for unity and sovereignty at risk. as benjamin franklin said, we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately. in the federalist papers, teams madison argued that america that united with a handful of troops or without a single soldier exhibits a more forbidding ambition. president washington stressed the importance of national unity in his farewell...
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policy adviser for the campaign and once president, obama appointed him. the president noted when he announced him as his pick, mcdonough has been involved in every major foreign policy decision including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i thought dennis likes to pull all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> this is a tough job. you are the fourth one to have it. what is your key part of your goal for this job. as the president has a narrow window. how do you approach it? >> my approach is focus on something that jim baker told me the other day. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff. he said as long as you're focused and not on chief, you're going to be okay. i got to tell you i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm really honored to be part of it. i'm honored that the president has laid this responsibility on me and i look forward to doing it. >> i was mentioning before we went on the hit. the asteroid that came near the united
policy adviser for the campaign and once president, obama appointed him. the president noted when he announced him as his pick, mcdonough has been involved in every major foreign policy decision including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i thought dennis likes to pull all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> this is a tough job. you are the fourth one to...
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bush did spend too much but his governing style foreign policy taking a set of crisis and leadership style are night and day over what president obama's are. high hopes for a historic deal with iran over the country's nuclear push top diplomats gather in geneva to remove the last remaining hurdles in the free document we go live to geneva shortly. march. in a bid to make people forget the fascist activists take to the streets of germany against the growing popularity of nazi views in the country. against jumping into bed with the e.u. and closes up to russia instead brussels accused of meddling or president putin says it was europe using the dirty tricks. and also the olympic torch is on another leg of its epic journey to sochi plunging to the bottom of the deepest lake on a concrete open space.
bush did spend too much but his governing style foreign policy taking a set of crisis and leadership style are night and day over what president obama's are. high hopes for a historic deal with iran over the country's nuclear push top diplomats gather in geneva to remove the last remaining hurdles in the free document we go live to geneva shortly. march. in a bid to make people forget the fascist activists take to the streets of germany against the growing popularity of nazi views in the...
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let me bring you to the president's foreign policy. remember back in 2008 then presidential candidate obama promised to improve america's image overseas. >> we will improve our moral standing in the world. we will once again lead the world. not just militarily but diplomatically, economically. >> during his first year in office president obama receive ed a nobel peace prize. five years later as we see what's happening with syria, russia, egypt, owe friends in the uk saying no to a strike in syria and even brazil's president dissing president obama saying no to a state dinner at the white house in october. has the president made america's standing in the world worse? >> no question american influence is diminished from what it's been and from the days we won the cold war and george h.w. bush had the world behind him to throw the iraqis out of kuwait. when the president of brazil says i don't think i'm coming to a state dinner, mr. president. >> i think it's one of the worst. that's pathetic. everybody wants a state dinner at the white h
let me bring you to the president's foreign policy. remember back in 2008 then presidential candidate obama promised to improve america's image overseas. >> we will improve our moral standing in the world. we will once again lead the world. not just militarily but diplomatically, economically. >> during his first year in office president obama receive ed a nobel peace prize. five years later as we see what's happening with syria, russia, egypt, owe friends in the uk saying no to a...
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pretty much everything you'd expect except who are much like oh how obama's policies in foreign in foreign policies appear because obama appears to be. kinder and friendlier and bush has in fact escalated his foreign policy in much the same way he has escalated it is education bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes in every single facet of as a visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of creating education like a commodity though. well then students become a commodity. i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. a slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground
pretty much everything you'd expect except who are much like oh how obama's policies in foreign in foreign policies appear because obama appears to be. kinder and friendlier and bush has in fact escalated his foreign policy in much the same way he has escalated it is education bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes in...
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policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our government, and so many ways to fail. in essence, this book is sort of a primer for a president and how does he or she should think about organizing its foreign policy initiatives and what the role of the white house is versus the state department and the defense department. we're fortunate that elliot will be here. he is going to talk for about a half an hour, and then we'll have, hopefully, a robust question and answer period. and at about 7:30 we'll convene in the atrium for cocktails, and i will mentio
policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our...
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"outfront" tonight, rosa brooks, a columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama administration and david frum, former speech writer for george w. bush and critter for us. right now, 40% of active duty are women. this could be hundreds of thousand of jobs suddenly would be open to women. am i right in saying this is hublgly significant? >> it's absolutely enormous. the one thing i would say though, the it's not that we don't have women in combat positions. we have women who are ineligible under the former policy, but there really isn't any front line in today's wars. fighting heroically in combat, women who have died in combat. this change just recognizes what's already a reality, frankly. >> david, please be blunt. i know what you have to say is, might offend some people, but this is important. why do you think women in combat is not a good idea? >> i think we need to stress, this is quite an abstract notion. the number of women who will speak and equally is likely to be quite low, but of those who do, i think there are three concerns. the first, the fi
"outfront" tonight, rosa brooks, a columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama administration and david frum, former speech writer for george w. bush and critter for us. right now, 40% of active duty are women. this could be hundreds of thousand of jobs suddenly would be open to women. am i right in saying this is hublgly significant? >> it's absolutely enormous. the one thing i would say though, the it's not that we don't have women in combat...
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. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> join us as we explore today's most critical global issues. join us for great decisions. >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the intervention calculation. (instrumental music) >> historically the u.s. leaned heavily on strategic interventions to help counter the influence of communism. >> the reagan doctrine was a notion that we would support those that sought to oppose soviet domination. >> during the cold war there was a polarized world - there was the soviet union, there was the united states and a lot of our interventions were used to block the advance of communism, and so very ideological basis for our, our interventions. >> and the u.s. has
. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> join us as we explore today's most critical global issues. join us for great decisions. >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is...
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policy, a restrained, focused realistic foreign policy, that is what we needed to do moving forward. >> rose: when you look at the foreign policy of niko's father, brzezinski, and he has written a series of books about america's role in the world today, how far from that are you? >> we have had some let's just sadie conversations on air about middle east policy. >> rose: so where is the difference? >> i think middle east probably. >> rose: he thinks we can contain iran. >> he does. >> rose: you don't believe -- >> no, i don't think we can contain iran, i have to say and i talk about middle east policy because that is the one area i disagree with him on. and i am in great agreement with him. i mean he is a tough realist, he was a cold war hawk, i got extraordinary admiration for the man. >> rose: against communism. >> oh, yes, he was -- he was a real fighter, he also showed, i thought, great character in 1979 when the iranians were pushing him hard to bring the is that back, the shah back and he said quite frankly what barack obama did not say at a critical time, during the egypt upri
policy, a restrained, focused realistic foreign policy, that is what we needed to do moving forward. >> rose: when you look at the foreign policy of niko's father, brzezinski, and he has written a series of books about america's role in the world today, how far from that are you? >> we have had some let's just sadie conversations on air about middle east policy. >> rose: so where is the difference? >> i think middle east probably. >> rose: he thinks we can contain...
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i think it shows how fundamentally unserious and unreal so much of this foreign policy debate is. this hawkish party, this party which claims to be the party of national security in the military basically acting as if the united states is no longer at war when american soldiers are still dying there. i think, unfortunately, this very, very nasty campaign against hagel and let's be honest hagel's not very stellar performance in front of the senate armed services committee is going to make it harder for him to have the political leverage that he's going to need to make the tough decisions on cutting the defense budget. he's going to have to rebuild some of the political clout that i'm afraid he lost over the past few weeks. >> let's go with that. steve, same question. what does it mean to our country. the wars were fighting now, the one we're sort of getting out of in iraq. the one we're still in in afghanistan. the one we may face within months. >> i know chuck hagel and know him well. i know he's going to sit down and he's going to do exactly what peter said. he's going to come ou
i think it shows how fundamentally unserious and unreal so much of this foreign policy debate is. this hawkish party, this party which claims to be the party of national security in the military basically acting as if the united states is no longer at war when american soldiers are still dying there. i think, unfortunately, this very, very nasty campaign against hagel and let's be honest hagel's not very stellar performance in front of the senate armed services committee is going to make it...
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we have republicans who are in a weird position on foreign policy and national security precisely because the president has been so aggressive. in a lot of ways there's not a lot of daylight between what republicans do in the same position as democrats. unless we're bipartisan, there is a lot of people in particular, chuck hagel as defense secretary nominee, and there has been some talk by some in the gop leadership that they will filibuster his nomination. john mccain saying he won't. what is your read on all that many. >> i think it will be a very interesting move to filibuster. it will be a drastic move. wron if you guys saw, but carl livin said he will hold a vote on the nomination tomorrow, so they are moving ahead with it. my hunch is that they won't because i think deep down inside republican senators believe that a president does deserve to choose his advisors, and i think it sets a bad press debt because one day there will be a republican in the white house again. maybe not, i guess. the venom from republican senators towards chuck hagel is pretty remarkable. this is not a fwi wh
we have republicans who are in a weird position on foreign policy and national security precisely because the president has been so aggressive. in a lot of ways there's not a lot of daylight between what republicans do in the same position as democrats. unless we're bipartisan, there is a lot of people in particular, chuck hagel as defense secretary nominee, and there has been some talk by some in the gop leadership that they will filibuster his nomination. john mccain saying he won't. what is...
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policy person is indicating a shift in priority. i think it's still going to be domestic issues are going to be at the top of the agenda and really the role that mr mcdonough is going to play is being the gate keeper in controlling access and being you know the top lieutenant to the president now i do want to bring up an article that he actually coauthored back in two thousand and seven and part of it and in this article he really was speaking about the checks and balances that is needed between the legislative and executive branches when it comes to war he said quote to assert that congress has only one choice in how it reacts legislatively to the war in iraq profoundly understands congressional responsibilities in time of war such a narrow reading of the constitution and the competing powers on national security granted to the congress and the executive branch is not supported by a range of constitutional scholars so spare he's saying that obviously we need to have this type of balance between congress and their powers and that yo
policy person is indicating a shift in priority. i think it's still going to be domestic issues are going to be at the top of the agenda and really the role that mr mcdonough is going to play is being the gate keeper in controlling access and being you know the top lieutenant to the president now i do want to bring up an article that he actually coauthored back in two thousand and seven and part of it and in this article he really was speaking about the checks and balances that is needed...
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good point is that american foreign policy is an american culture is that mcdonald's is that disney i mean can you flesh it out a little bit with that it's a crime it's across that it's across the board i mean there is widespread appreciation for americans sense of protection of liberties for example the end. of the spying on america i mean but it's luck but it's it's all relative right i mean if you ask a question say just china or iran and or the united states how do you feel about they how how they protect liberties america people around the world still think americans are more likely to have their really read protected in the united states now you want to talk about the n.s.a. you want to talk about that kind of work that's a separate issue although i would tell you that at least in the united states when we've done surveys. people. are are more concerned about terrorism in the they are about the the n.s.a. listening in or looking at their e-mails but to go back to your per previous point . matter how you slice it and it really does depend on what questions you ask people tend to
good point is that american foreign policy is an american culture is that mcdonald's is that disney i mean can you flesh it out a little bit with that it's a crime it's across that it's across the board i mean there is widespread appreciation for americans sense of protection of liberties for example the end. of the spying on america i mean but it's luck but it's it's all relative right i mean if you ask a question say just china or iran and or the united states how do you feel about they how...
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pretty much everything you'd expect except who are much like oh how obama's policies in foreign in foreign policies appear because obama appears to be. kinder and friendlier then bush has in fact escalated his foreign policy in much the same way he has escalated is education bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes on every single facet of his visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of treating education like a commodity though. well then students become a commodity. i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardize our tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i
pretty much everything you'd expect except who are much like oh how obama's policies in foreign in foreign policies appear because obama appears to be. kinder and friendlier then bush has in fact escalated his foreign policy in much the same way he has escalated is education bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes on...
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policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why sometimes the personalities didn't jell. i think it was the times that set the precedent. we think about people with internal dynamics. islamic think about the team have strong views because strong views are important you don't want a president who's just hearing one side of the story but think that the team dynamics. >> let's talk a little about latin america and the caribbean to the debt is a success to focus on latin america and the caribbean as a region in developing a u.s. policy given the fact that so many of the country's different in so many of them. i think about latin america and the carib
policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why...